1973 V8 Super Beetle Front Engine Conversion - 283 SBC

[chug_A_bug]

looks great man...

[Jim]

Absolute stunning!!!

[70Turbobug]

Originally Posted by Jim

Absolute stunning!!!

I second that!! Fantastic job!

[volkdent]

Determination has definately paid off, great job.

Jason

[V8SuperBeetle]

Thanks guys! LOL, yeah, they're a pain for sure.

[V8SuperBeetle]

Thanks guys. It sure has been a long haul, but it's almost finished.

[V8SuperBeetle]

Well, it was a very production weekend.

Friday night, my buddy David, who details cars, came over to look and the amount of work that was needed to be done to the bug. He was quite impressed and it wasn't going to take as much work as he originally thought. So we decide to start color sanding and buffing the car on Sunday.

Saturday morning, my buddy Jason came over and we got the front window and the last quarter window installed. We also did an alignment.

Sunday, Dave came over and went to town on the bug color sanding and buffing. While he was sanding and buffing, it gave me a chance to work on other areas of the car. So I got the engine put back together and buttoned back up.

Here is the car before he worked on it. Looks good / decent. I call it a 5 foot paint job. Shiny and smooth, but it had a couple runs, some dry spray and dust through out the paint job.




Here you can see the dry spray that was in a few areas.






Oh yeah, while I was changing some jets in my carb, my 3 month daughter decided to grab my tools. She normally doesn't really grab and hold onto many things like she did this wrench. It was a proud moment.




Here's Dave, hard at work. He arrived at the house at about 10 am and worked all day, until about 10 pm perfecting the paint / detail job. Fantastic!








Madison and my wife came to check out the progress and get in on the picture taking. They were having all the fun. Dave was wiping the car down with a protectant that still allows the paint to fully cure.










And the drum roll.............................................. ...


I'll let the pictures do the talking.





















Dave did such a fantastic job!!! My paint went from a 5 foot to I wanna still my face in it. If any of you in the Houston area would like Dave to detail you car I can give you his contact information.

Thanks again, Dave!

[volkdent]

Great! Lets see it in the light!

Jason

[V8SuperBeetle]

I'll have some pictures after the holidays of it out in the sun. It gets dark here by the time I get home. I can't wait!

[V8SuperBeetle]

Forgot a picture.

[V8SuperBeetle]

Dave polishing the roof of the v8 bug.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-blUH5a8OE

[V8SuperBeetle]

I haven't got a whole lot done lately cause of life. I did manage to get the wipers on, starting masking the floor for coating, and my bro bought me some carpet for Christmas, which will go in soon.

I also got some pictures and video of the bug outside, finally.
























Videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kASOEL-9g2o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuS_oqo7zg4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIljjUk-IZI

[V8SuperBeetle]

Double Post

[70Turbobug]

Sounds healthy! There are a few V8 bugs out there but they look like they´ve been thrown together - yours looks very well done and it sits right.Great job!! Next video....please take the tools out of the back!!

[V8SuperBeetle]

Thanks! Next video I record the bug should be complete and will have nothing in the back to rattle. That you can hear nothing but the engine.

I've seen quite a few of the thrown together bugs you're talking about. Only over the web though. I have seen some really well done too. Mine didn't come out too shabby for it being a garage build.